Kolkata doctor’s rape-murder: ‘No conditions apply’, say Jr doctors on meeting CM Banerjee

Before sending the invitation for the talks, Pant, accompanied by Home Secretary Nandini Chakraborty, visited Esplanade successful Kolkata connected Saturday day and met the inferior doctors connected hunger onslaught for implicit 2 weeks. The inferior doctors besides spoke with the CM implicit the phone.

“We privation the talks to beryllium held without immoderate preconditions. Our representatives volition be the gathering astatine the specified time. We anticipation determination volition beryllium a meaningful discussion. But if nary solution is recovered successful the meeting, past we volition proceed with our pre-planned programme connected Tuesday,” inferior doc Debashis Halder said aft the wide assemblage meeting.

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On Friday, the inferior doctors had announced to spell connected a statewide onslaught connected Tuesday if the authorities authorities failed to conscionable their demands by Monday.

“After 14 days, the main caput and the location caput visited our hunger onslaught spot. We spoke to the main curate implicit the phone. While speaking with the main curate astir our demands, we felt that adjacent aft truthful agelong protests, she did not cognize astir the 10-point request oregon was not informed astir them. We are saddened and hurt. So, we person emailed the main caput detailing what we want. If necessary, we volition speech astir it again time (Monday),” Halder said.

“The result of the gathering volition determine successful what signifier the agitation volition continue,” helium added.

The inferior doctors went connected ‘cease work’ connected August 9 successful the aftermath of the rape and execution of a trainee doc astatine the state-run RG Kar infirmary successful Kolkata. Their hunger onslaught commenced connected October 5 aft astir 50 days of ‘cease-work’ successful 2 phases.

There person been respective rounds of talks with the authorities implicit a big of issues and demands, ranging from justness for the dormant trainee doc to improved information astatine hospitals and resignation of Health Secretary N S Nigam. While the authorities has assured to conscionable immoderate of their demands, the inferior doctors person been asking for their time-bound fulfillment.

On the allegations that inferior doctors person been delaying the talks with the government, Halder said, “We are informed astir the clip and spot lone 1 to 2 hours earlier the meeting… We should not beryllium blamed for this.”

On Sunday, the inferior doctors’ hunger onslaught entered its 16th day. Halder expressed interest implicit the wellness of the hunger onslaught participants, noting that among the 8 of their colleagues presently fasting, 3 person been connected accelerated since October 5, 2 since October 11, 1 since October 14, and 2 since October 15. Six different inferior doctors connected hunger onslaught person fallen earnestly sick and required hospitalisation.

Speaking to the doctors implicit the telephone connected Saturday afternoon, the CM said, “Everybody has the close to protest, but it shouldn’t impact healthcare services. I would petition you each to retreat your fast.”

Banerjee besides rejected the request for the removal of Nigam, explaining that “it is not imaginable to region everyone successful a section astatine once… Please emergence supra authorities and rejoin work.”

In summation to Nigam’s removal, which the main curate has resisted, the inferior doctors are demanding elections successful aesculapian colleges.
Banerjee requested much time, citing upcoming Diwali celebrations and bypolls successful the state.

Their different demands see establishing a centralised referral strategy for each hospitals and aesculapian colleges, implementing a furniture vacancy monitoring system, and forming task forces to guarantee indispensable provisions specified arsenic CCTV, washrooms astatine their workplaces. They are besides calling for accrued constabulary extortion successful hospitals and the swift filling of vacant positions for doctors, nurses.

—with PTI inputs